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101 Directory
DIRECTORY A kind of regulation for the performance of religious worship, drawn up by the assembly of divines in England, at the instance of the parliament, in 1644. It was designed to supply the place of the Liturgy, or Book of Common Prayer, the use of which they had abolished. It consisted of some general heads, which were to be…
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January 10—Morning Devotion
"My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies."—Song of Solomon 6:2 Wonderful condescension! Jesus, the beloved of all his people, is indeed come down into his garden, the church; for he loves the sacred walks of a spot so near and so dear to him, which…
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100 Creed
CREED A form of words in which the articles of faith are comprehended. The most ancient form of creeds is that which goes under the name of the Apostles' Creed (see below;) besides this, there are several other ancient forms and scattered remains of creeds to be met with in the primitive records of the church; as, 1. The form…
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1 Thessalonians: Chapter 5, Verse 9
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, etc.]” To destruction and ruin, the effect of wrath; though there are some that are vessels of wrath, fitted for destruction, of old ordained to condemnation, and who are reserved for the day of evil; but there are others who are equally children of wrath, as deserving of the wrath of God…
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January 9—Morning Devotion
"That will by no means clear the guilty,"—Exodus 34:7 Pause, my soul, over these solemn words! Will not Jehovah clear the guilty? And art thou not guilty? How then wilt thou come before God, either now or hereafter? Hearken, my soul, to what thy God hath also said; "deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a…
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99 Confession Of Faith
CONFESSION OF FAITH A list of the several articles of the belief of any church. There is some difference between creeds and confessions. Creeds in their commencement were simply expressions of faith in a few of the leading and undisputed doctrines of the Gospel. Confessions were on the contrary the result of many an hazardous and laborious effort, at the…
